Xuané… a Reason to Smile Part 17

Xuané Niewenhuis 17 August 2006 – 24 October 2014 Forever ^8^ Xuané… a Reason to Smile By: Theresa Botha Nieuwenhuis FEELINGS Feelings are a strange thing. Emotions are even worse. They catch you at inconvenient times and in strange places… The tiniest thing that you see that reminds you of her can open the floodgates, […]

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Xuané… a Reason to Smile Part 15

Xuané Niewenhuis 17 August 2006 – 24 October 2014 Forever ^8^ Xuané… a Reason to Smile By: Theresa Botha Nieuwenhuis   2014 (continued)   That night I was so scared of going to sleep because I was scared that she would no longer be with us when I awoke. My husband and I lay with […]

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Don’t Give Up!

Today being the halfway mark of Childhood Cancer Awareness Month, the Little Fighters Cancer Trust would like to dedicate this beautiful song by Josh Groban to every Little Fighter and their Family. We as the Little Fighters Cancer Trust will never give up, we will always be there to help where we can, and we […]

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Xuané… a Reason to Smile Part 14

Xuané Niewenhuis 17 August 2006 – 24 October 2014 Forever ^8^ Xuané… a Reason to Smile By: Theresa Botha Nieuwenhuis 2014 (continued) From then on we went through to Pretoria about every 3 weeks so that Xuané could get a pint or more of blood. The tumour’s growth had got completely out of control; she […]

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Why Childhood Cancer Awareness is VITAL

“Courage does not always roar. Sometimes courage is the quiet voice at the end of the day saying, ‘I will try again tomorrow.” ~ Mary Anne Radmacher ~ September is Childhood Cancer Awareness Month, and we at Little Fighters Cancer Trust know just how important it is that Childhood Cancer Awareness is highlighted… many children […]

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Musings of an Onco Mom: This Grief Thing

Earlier today I was going through Facebook, and a link to the post below came up in my feed. Musings of an Onco Mom is a blog that Lisl, mother to Emma, has been posting to since July 2014, when Emma was diagnosed with Leukaemia. If anyone wants to try to understand what a family […]

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